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T DEFENSIVE PUBLICATION UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Published at the request of the applicant or ownerin accordance with the Notice of Apr. 11, 1968, 849 0.G. 1221. Identification is by serial number of the application and the heading indicates the number of pages of specification, including claims, and of sheets 0! drawing contained in the application as originally filed. The file of this application is available to the public for inspection; reproduction may be purchased for 30 cents per sheet.

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PUBLISHED APRIL 1, 1969 772 384 MULTICOLOR COATING COMPOSITION James G. Stranch and Billy D. Anderson, both of R0. Box 511, Kingsport, Tenn. 37662 Filed Oct. 31, 1968. Published Apr. 1, 1969 Class 260-17 No Drawing. 3 Pages Specification Multicolor coating compositions which can be applied to surfaces either by brushing or spraying comprise cellulose acetate butyrate particles of at least two different colors dispersed in a film-forming liquid material in which the cellulose acetate butyrate particles are insoluble. Typical of the film-forming liquids in which the cellulose acetate butyrate particles can be dispersed are varnishes, enamels, or aqueous emulsions of polyvinyl acetate or copolymers of vinyl acetate and acrylic acid. 

